It was a “bear-y” special day at Belleville General Hospital today as hundreds of teddy bears arrived safe and sound. The teddy bears, sporting little blue…
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Officers arrested Gerald “Guy” Brummell, 57, at a Sidney Street home at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Quinte West OPP announced Thursday.
The arrest involved local detectives plus officers of the Provincial Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad and digital forensics specialists of the OPP investigation and support bureau.
Brummell is charged with two counts of threatening death or bodily harm and two counts of criminal harassment. He was held in custody and was to appear Thursday for a bail hearing in Belleville’s Ontario Court of Justice.
Author of the article: Luke Hendry
Publishing date: Jan 22, 2021 • January 22, 2021 • 2 minute read • Registered nurse Jessie Price holds a button showing her face, without personal protective equipment, outside Belleville General Hospital. Some Quinte Health Care staff are wearing the buttons to let patients see their faces and give a more personal touch to care during the pandemic. Photo by Luke Hendry
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Quinte Health Care hospital workers are putting their best faces forward to humanize care while they’re hidden beneath protective gear.
Depending on their roles, they must wear differing forms of personal protective equipment, or PPE, including masks, face shields and eye protection, to protect themselves and others against the novel coronavirus.
Photo Credit: Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation
Peter McInroy is donating $54,000 to the hospital foundations in Trenton and Belleville, $1,000 for each year of business in the community.
The owner of McInroy-Maines, made the donation to Quinte Health Care through TMHF and TMHF (each hospital foundation will receive $27,000 towards the post of medical equipment.)
McInroy-Maines Construction Ltd. has also sponsored many events, with the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation and the Belleville General Hospital Foundation. McInroy celebrate 50 years in business in 2016, by donating to both charities.
In Trenton, the funds will go towards the x-ray campaign – Executive Director at TMHF Wendy Warner said the important piece of equipment helps to identify illnesses including COVID-19 in patients. In Belleville, BGHF Executive Director Steven Cook said the donations will help to cover the cost of a new ECG machine for the ICU and renovations to the fracture clinic.